Happy New Year!

First off Happy New Year everyone!! I can't believe it is 2009! I also can't believe how life-changing and amazing this year is going to be for Justin and me (and our family). I've had several "big" years in a row with getting married, buying a house, and hiking a volcano, and this year promises to be no different with the birth of our first child!! WOW!!

Do you make New Year's resolutions? What are some of them? Post a few in the comments section. I don't usually make any b/c I can never accomplish anything on the list. Last year I think I called them "goals" but still don't think I actually worked at reaching any. So I just don't bother with resolutions/goals any more.

One of my favorite things to do at the start of the new year is record all the important events (birthdays, anniversaries, school holidays, etc) for the year in a brand new calendar. I know I may be a dork, but I really love doing this for some reason. I like looking back at the previous year's events and reliving them and looking forward to what the next year holds. I usually hit the 1/2 price sale at that calendar place in the middle of the mall, but was saved a trip to the mall this year by Toni's parents. They brought us a calendar from Guatemala of our favorite city Antigua! It is a water-color calendar and it was really neat to recognize some of the places in the paintings as places we saw/visited from our trip. Way cool! So each month this year will remind us of our awesome summer trip to a beautiful country and all the cool, once-in-a-lifetime experiences we had there. Wahoo!!